Question:
what use is this site
I have to say that I am frustrated with this site. I was advised to use this site as a form of support from my surgeon. At first it was, however, when ever I go into the main forum to ask a question, regarding somthing that I am experiencing I get a lot of looks, but hardly get any responses. The reason for this website I had thought was for all of us to be able to help one another. I am finding it very frustrating that when I ask a reasonable queation, there is no response. But hey, if someone want's to rant and rave on someone, then no problem everyone is all over it. I find it sad that people are more drawn to the negativity and less to the normal questions or help requests that get put out there. Has anyone else seem to have noticed this? — teresasmiles (posted on April 7, 2009)
April 7, 2009
Hi Teresa! I think the problem is the daily e-mail which many of us
subscribe to is not working for the Q&A's. But OH tech support is
aware of it and working to fix it. Without this, you have to log in to the
site each day to look at the questions rather then just have them show up
in your inbox when you log into e-mail. I think it hasn't been working for
about 2 weeks now. Otherwise I typically see lots of answers on most
questions.
— waferqueen
April 7, 2009
I'm glad you said this, Lisa. I have been getting the q & a for 2-3
years now and I miss it. I was having trouble with my email, so I thought
it was just me. Hope they have it up and running soon. Teresa, I am sure
that is the reason you haven't had answers. I am trying to check as often
as I can. Good luck. Deb
— Debbi S.
April 7, 2009
I have found this site to give me alot of information. I have asked many
questions, and have gotten many answers. Alot of the questions asked has
been questions I myself would ask. I enjoy getting on here to see what new
information I can read.
— treeeza
April 8, 2009
The main forum is a zoo! LOL A mixed bag of nuts! I started on the main
forum and realized it was just a big game of who's got the superior
surgery...A few years back there was a HUGE war between RNYers and DSers
and it was VICIOUS! Not my cup of tea, Athough I did find it a little
entertaining (I just lurked, was no way I was getting in any of THAT stuff)
until you just felt disgusted from the anger personal attacks! So I moved
to the RNY forum (to the surgery I had) to weed out the different nuts!
LOL That was okay because at least we were all mainly on the same surgery
page...Problem was they were mostly brand new people starting out and
dicussing their doc appts and personal stuff, surgery fears, dates, doctors
protocol etc... with their new found friends and cliques...and while that
was all fine and fun for a while, I was a 3 year po having weird symptoms
and had MUCH different questions that I didn't want answered by someone who
didn't even have surgery yet!!! Most forums have the same pre-surgery
questions over and over and page after page...All a person needs to do is
just go back and read some old pages to see why people get tired of
answering the same questions...You can see several questions on the same
page and the first person asking the question usually gets answered...the
rest go ignored because it's already there! So don't take it
personally...Go back and read several days back and you'll find ALL KINDS
of answers to questions you didn't even think of yet! LOL Just remember
though, you mostly have the new leading the new...and the occasional year
or more grad who's a little more seasoned and experienced. Or go to the
slow moving grad's board where you weed out the brand newbie questions even
further and get people who've been living the PO life over a year, trying
to get/give long term answers or share helpful info for long term
maintenance! No brand new po questions there! Or here at Q&A where
transit people come and go daily and while it is still a mixed bag, most of
the people that answer questions want to help if they can...Or go to your
Stae forum and tak to people who might be in your community where you can
all meet and share as well! I will answer questions if I think I can
help...Sometimes someone says EXACTLY word for word what I would say, so I
don't see a reason to answer unless I have a different spin or something
further to add! I think many people do the same. I don't mind answering the
same questions every single day here because I will never forget where I
came from...I was a new scared pre op, post op myself...and I cannot
imagine trying to get the nerve up to ask a question and have someone
answer back with "Don't you people get it YET??? If I hear one more
question about __(fill in the blank__, I am gonna scream". Yes I've
seen that here now and then too! Some people do not realise that there are
real people with real fear and real need for answers behind EVERY question
whether it is asked several times a day by different people or not! Most of
us care and want to help if we can! So don't take it personally and keep
asking...someone with an answer will eventually read your question! There
are a lot of lurkers as well that are just shy! They read, hoping that
someone will ask their question so they don't have to! LOL Good luck and
don't feel discouraged! Find a forum that is the best fit for you and go
back and read several weeks or months to see what people have already
discussed...Hope that helps!
— .Anita R.
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